The Lord has always been faithful to confirm to His people what He is speaking, and the specific things He is desiring us to learn through interesting and difficult seasons of transition and change. Our family has been blessed to partake of several equipping conferences and statewide prayer events over the past few months that have truly encouraged us. Confirmation and strengthening comes when hearing others in the Body of Christ speak what we’ve recorded in our Bible notes and personal journal entries throughout the years; Scriptures, prayers, dreams, revelation, prophetic words and promises that have been waiting on Him for their manifested fulfillment.

So many in the Body of Christ are being stretched in waiting on Father God to do what He said He would do and what He alone can do in each of our individual circumstances: for some it’s healing in our physical bodies; for others it’s financial provision; for yet others it’s the opening of doors that will launch us into the very things of destiny and purpose we were created to be doing on earth that will bring His Kingdom to come and His will to be done in and through us; for others it’s the manifestation of years of believing, trusting and preparation.

This season reminds me of our two pregnancies and the birth of our three biological children (We are a blessed and unique family that has experienced two pregnancies and six children: a single, twins, and the adoption of a sibling group of three…Father God’s way of enlarging our tent.). With our first child I gained 100 pounds, was two weeks overdue, and the doctor scheduled an induced labor delivery. The induced labor pains were intense, and I’ll always remember the doctor’s response: “until he saw tears there wouldn’t be any results and we would continue to wait.” Twenty-seven hours later, having not progressed past a two in the process (even though there were many tears by then), an emergency C-section brought forth our first beautiful ten pound six ounce baby boy.

Having lost the 100 pounds, I again gained them two years later with our second pregnancy, which was a far more complicated one; a high-risk twin pregnancy with three months of bed rest, a diagnosis of our daughter having hydrocephalis, many tests and negative delivery reports about C-sections, shunts, not being able to deliver at our local hospital, being air-lifted to another hospital after birth, etc.. During that time, the Lord spoke to me about not believing the negative reports, but rather resting in Him, pouring His Word into my heart, standing in faith, and trusting what He would do. This delivery brought a scheduled C-section at 39 weeks, an eight pound twelve ounce beautiful baby girl (delivered at our local hospital with an MRI and other test results from Children’s Hospital in the Cities declaring her perfect and healthy – a miracle) along with a perfectly healthy seven pound six ounce baby boy…yes, that’s nearly sixteen pounds of beautiful new babies all at once…and yes, that’s the weight equivalent of two full-term single births! God is good and God is faithful – always!

(Our adoption story is for another blog. However, I will state the entire journey reveals God Himself as the orchestrator of the pregnancy, its lengthy waiting period, and His sudden divine delivery of three beautiful children in His perfect timing, proving Himself once again to be amazingly faithful.)

Why am I being reminded of these major events in our lives? With all that’s going on in our nation and throughout the world, I believe the Lord has spoken many words to many people similar to the words He spoke to me back then: keep focused on Him, stand in faith on His Word and trust what He will do. This season is much like a pregnancy…Kingdom life is growing inside of us. Each passing week gets closer to the delivery date of something new and exciting…something beautiful yet something that is already changing us forever and preparing us for life as we have known it to never again be the same…something that will require of us things we never knew were in us. Many are growing more and more uncomfortable and the waiting is stretching us in ways we didn’t even know we could be stretched. The process is not only uncomfortable, but in many cases painful. We are waiting on what only Father God can do in His appointed time and in His perfect way…the delivery date. This is not going to be a natural delivery because we are not going to be doing anything that is coming in our own strength or according to how things appear in the natural. We are waiting on the C-Section…where God Himself steps in and suddenly brings forth this new baby that will require much supernatural love, faith, perseverance and responsibility; not by might or power but by His Spirit.

The past few months have been filled with encouragement and confirmation of being right on schedule…His schedule…and many of us are still waiting on Him. We know the baby will arrive…we know the approximate time…yet He alone knows the exact day and hour…so we wait. We wait with expectancy, hope, trust and faith. Even though it’s growing uncomfortable, we know that if we keep our eyes on Him, He is faithful to do what He said He would do in each of our circumstances. We know His Word never returns void and it always accomplishes exactly what He sent it to do. We know that He is always faithful to complete the good work He began in each of us.

“Father God, I pray that every child of Yours who is waiting on You alone for the fulfillment of what You have spoken into their lives…whatever their circumstances may be – a very needed healing, financial provision, a relationship or fellowship, a job, restoration, open doors for Kingdom destiny and purpose…whatever the need may be…whatever miracle is being believed for…whatever the wait pertains to, Lord…we pray they will have the faith, perseverance, strength and trust to reach their delivery date…their appointed time…their breakthrough…to receive their miracle. Send people into each individual’s path who will be Your hands and feet to love, encourage, provide, and strengthen. Thank You, Jesus, that You alone by Your Spirit make a way to accomplish in and through us exactly what our Father in Heaven has purposed in bringing His Kingdom to come and His will to be done on the Earth in this time and in this season for each and every child of Yours. We give You alone all thanks, praise, glory and honor. Amen.”